The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty
New · True Crime, Nonfiction, Crime
The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty
2024 · 480 pages · Nonfiction
43
New
★ 4.46 on Goodreads · 15K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 12 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (nonfiction) finalist (2024). 4.46★ from 15K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
43Must-Read Score
- Readers92 out of 100 · counts 40%+42
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller2 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+1
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.
On our reserve shelf: it's well reviewed, but isn't currently a prize winner, a lifetime bestseller or a book everyone's talking about, so we don't rank it. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (nonfiction) finalist (2024)
Reads as
Gripping, True story, Dark
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